Political Quotes

“I rise today to join my colleagues from Louisiana and New Jersey--who know as well as anyone about all the struggle of rebuilding after a major disaster--in calling on the Senate to pass the Homeowners Flood Insurance Affordability Act before the Senate adjourns next week. I am deeply dismayed that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have objected to allowing the Senate to vote on this common-sense and bipartisan bill to help homeowners. I want to especially thank Senator Landrieu for her strong leadership and support for families who took the worst of Superstorm Sandy--a massive storm that claimed the lives of 61 New Yorkers, shattered countless others, damaged or destroyed 300,000 homes, and hurt a quarter million businesses. While the road to recovery is long and hard, New Yorkers are strong. I know we will rebuild better and stronger. But we in Congress have to continue to do our part. And to this day, more than a year later, homeowners are still struggling to rebuild, facing costly repairs to storm damage and what could be even costlier flood insurance premiums. They survived Sandy, are trying to put their lives back together, but the premium increases mandated by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 is what threatens to force many New Yorkers out of their homes and the communities they love.…”